Tires off ebay
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Tires off ebay
Seems that tires on ebay ssem, in some cases at least, quite a bit cheaper that from internet retailers. I realise that, in reality, tires should only be stored so long; 6 month I think.
What has everybody's experience been going that route? What pitfalls should one look for (other than the normal seller related ones)?
What has everybody's experience been going that route? What pitfalls should one look for (other than the normal seller related ones)?
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2003 E500 Benz & 2015 BMW M235ix
Seems that tires on ebay ssem, in some cases at least, quite a bit cheaper that from internet retailers. I realise that, in reality, tires should only be stored so long; 6 month I think.
What has everybody's experience been going that route? What pitfalls should one look for (other than the normal seller related ones)?
What has everybody's experience been going that route? What pitfalls should one look for (other than the normal seller related ones)?
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I've never bought tires from eBay dealers but most, I believe, have local retail stores, too. I've only bought tires from www.tirerack.com and local national chains like Goodyear and FireStone. When I bought my Yokahoma tires two years ago from tirerack, the Goodyear Store where I had them installed claimed they could have given me a comparable deal and that it's better buying from a local tire place, too, if you have any warranty adjustments, etc. I believe buying wheels, however, is another story.......get the best deal where ever you can find it. While buying new wheels for my Volvo, for example, I found the re-manufactured Volvo OEM alloy wheels offered on eBay to be much more expensive than what some of the large online stores had. I just bought four re-man'd 16" Volvo OEM Hydra alloys from www.WheelsAmerica.com for $131 each which an eBay store had listed for $199 - $265 which is almost the price for new ones ($295) at my local Volvo Dealer, and I got free shipping and wheel warranty, too.
Do they have a Local shop here in McLean? Wheels America that is!!
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No WheelsAmerica shop here. All their locations are listed on their Website. For the four reman Volvo wheels I just bought from them, one was shipped from their Houston site, two from their Dallas site, and one from their San Fran site. I took them today to my local Goodyear store where I had bought the tires for my daughter's Volvo and had them demount them from her old wheels and install them on the new Volvo Hydra alloys......look great.
By the way, I found another online wheels site (finishlinewheels.com) that has both OEM and replica OEM wheels for MB. They offer a replica alloy Mercedes 98 AMG Sport Rim 18x8.5 that fits 1994 - 2007 C, E, S, CLK, SLK. It's a replica of the AMG extra wide five spoke design that only fits the older E series, set of four $899; #SYL-98-18-S. I'd post their photo of the wheel but their Website blocks copying their wheels photos. I might have bought these alloys instead of the MB 18" 10 spokes I now have if I had found them back in Jan 2007.
By the way, I found another online wheels site (finishlinewheels.com) that has both OEM and replica OEM wheels for MB. They offer a replica alloy Mercedes 98 AMG Sport Rim 18x8.5 that fits 1994 - 2007 C, E, S, CLK, SLK. It's a replica of the AMG extra wide five spoke design that only fits the older E series, set of four $899; #SYL-98-18-S. I'd post their photo of the wheel but their Website blocks copying their wheels photos. I might have bought these alloys instead of the MB 18" 10 spokes I now have if I had found them back in Jan 2007.
